Meeting Locations= Centraal Museum Agnietenstraat 3

= City Hall Korte Minrebroederstraat 2

= Utrecht station __redevelopment POS Vredenburg 40

= Dutch Game Garden Neude 5

= Neudeflat Vinkenburgstraat 26

Hotels= Courthotel Korte Nieuwstraat 14

= NH Utrecht Jaarbeursplein 24

= Apollo Vredenburg 14

= Mitland Ariënslaan 1 (not on map)

= Park Plaza Hotel Westplein 50

Dinner locations= Winkel van Sinkel Oudegracht 158

= TivoliVredenburg Vlaamse Toren (opposite Vredenburg 40)

Information (VVV)= Toerisme Utrecht Domplein 9

= Rederij Schuttevaer opposite Oudegracht 85

Taxi locations= Taxi stand Or you can call: +31 30 2 300 400

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26-28 February 2014

Utrecht

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ProgrammeThursday 27 FebLocation: Centraal Museum

8.30-9.00 Registration

9.00-9.15 Welcome words

9.15 - 9.45 Keynote speaker Matthijs Bierman, Triodos Bank

9.45-11.15 Alternative financing 9.45-10.45 3 group-discussion

- London, the London Green Fund- Rockstart, incubator from Amsterdam- Douw&Koren, crowd-funding consultant from Rotterdam

10.45-11.15 Back to the plenary room- conclusions from the workshops are given by the "rapporteur" from each group- discussion and conclusion of the session on alternative financing

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-12.50 The power of procurement

11.30-12.40 Panel & plenary discussion- Utrecht: challenges involved in innovative procurement- Birmingham: Climate KIC network of cities on public procurement of low carbon innovation- Preston: local procurement based on the Evergreen model

Wednesday 26 FebLocation: Centraal Museum

09.00-09.30 Coffee and registration(for people attending the seminar on metropolitan areas)

09.30-12.30 Seminar on metropolitan areas in the Netherlands

12.30-14.00 WELCOME LUNCH AND REGISTRATION

14.00-14.30 EDF Welcome session

14.30-17.30 2 WG in parallel: 1) WG Metropolitan areas2) WG International Economic Relations

18.00-19.00 EDF steering committee meeting (in Utrecht City Hall)

20.00-22.30 Informal dinner (at delegates’ own expense)Winkel van Sinkel

12.40-12.50 Conclusions of the session

on the power of procurement

12.40-12.50 Conclusions of the Conference

12.50-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.45 EDF business meeting

(including reporting from WG City branding and attractiveness)

14.45-17.45 Technical visits

(3 visits in parallel):

Visit for Integrated Urban Development:

Utrecht Station Redevelopment (POS)

First presentation in the Centraal Museum,

then walk together to POS at Vredenburg 40.

Visit for WG ENT & GTLE:

First coffee in the Centraal Museum,

then by bus to Lomboxnet and Metaal Kathedraal

(in two groups).

Visit for WG Innovation:

Walk to the Dutch Game Garden,

followed by meeting in the Neudeflat

at Vinkenburgstraat 26.

19.45 for Official Dinner at

20.00-22.30 TivoliVredenburg

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Friday 28 FebLocation: Centraal Museum

08.45-9.00 Coffee

9.00-12.30 2 WG in parallel:

1) WG Entrepreneurship and SME's, together with WG Greening the local economy (from the Environment Forum)

2) WG Integrated Urban Development (start time tbc)

12.30-12.45 Closing comments

(in the lunch room)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

(+EDF steering committee meeting)

13.00-15.45 Optional city experience

13.00-13.30 Walk to meeting point

13.30-15.45 Meet at Rederij Schuttevaer

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Utrecht

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Wifi-codes- Central Museum: centraalmuseum

- City Hall, Neudeflat & POS:

GebruikBeveiligdeWifi@Utrecht!